Numismata hellenica: a catalogue of Greek coins; with notes, a map ...

Metal
M
M
JR
M
M
M
M
JE
M
M
M
M
M
Size
3+
2i
91
•^2
4-S
2i
6+
H
3
Weight
35-7
37-8
39
84-8
EUROPEAN GREECE.
Sicyon.
Head of Jupiter to r. U. Monogram of Achaia ; to I. of it, E, to r. Y, below, SI ,
all in wreath of bay.
Another similar, ft. Above, ME (in mon.) ; to ^. of it N., to ». I ; below, dove.flying
to r,
Tegea.
Head of Jupiter to r. IJi. Monogram of Achaia ; to I. of it, T, to r. E ; all in
wreath of bay.
Another.
Trmzen.
Head of Jupiter to r. R. Monogram of Achaia ; to I. of it, mon. 5 (KA©) ; to r.
of it, mon. 6 (EAN), below, trident ; all in wreath of bay.
Another similar. IJ. Above, mon. 7 (MA) ; to 1. A, to r. I ; below, trident as
before.
Another, but nothing above the monogram of Achaia.
^GIUM Achaiffi.
Note.—Now Vostitza ; tide Tr. in the Morea, iii. p. 185.
Septimius Severus.
[A. cenT.] ce. nePXI. Head of Septimius Severus to r. R. Airie . . Jupiter
naked, fulminating to r.
^GEIRA Achaiije.
yote.—For the position and remains of jEgeira, Dide Tr. in tlie Morea, iii. p. 387.
AiriPATAN. Half goat to r. B. KAE in wreath of olive.
.^EGOSPOTAMI Thracise.
Female head to ?., with low crown or cap, decorated and wreathed (Juno ?).
B. Airosno. Goat standing to I
Note.—The goat alludes to the ancient name of a river, which joins the northern shore of the
Hellespont, opposite to Lamps4ki (Lampsacus). I searched unsuccessfully on its banks for any remains
of the city, ^gospotami, which these coins prove to have existed. According to the Ethnic given by
Stephanus, the legend is an abridgment of It is
Ai'yoffTroTafii'rwv.
scarcely necessary to observe
that the place was celebrated for the victory obtained by Lysander over the Athenians (b. c. 405),
the closing event of the Peloponnesian war.
Another.
^NEIA Macedonise.
Helmeted head with hair in ringlets and pointed beard in Eginetan style to r. (^neias.)
B. Quadripartite square with four partial indentations.— Ekctrotype from the
B.M.
Helmeted head with short beard to I. (iEneias.) B. AINEAS withm quad, mcus.,
and surrounding a quadripartite Macedonian square. — Electrotype from the
B.M.
iVbfe.—Cape ^neium, called by the Turks Kar4bumu, upon or very near to which Mne\a. stood,
is at a distance of 10 geographical miles from Tliessalonica, and opposite to the mouth of the Axius.
No vestiges of ^Euela have yet been observed. On the proofs of its situation, xside Tr. in N. Greece,
iii. p. 451.
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